Squatting there now, she must care for her spirited young daughter and scrape together enough money to leave before winter arrives-or before they are found out. Tuck is slow to understand the circumstances that have driven her family to an uninhabited island off the coast of Maine, the former home of her deceased grandmother where she once spent her childhood summers. Here is storytelling at its best.” -Paul Yoon, author of Snow Hunters and Run Me to Earth
Here is a story about the islands we build and carry with us. “ Lungfish is a force of nature-a deeply felt marvel of a book that navigates grief, parenthood, and the mysteries of family with unrelenting power and precision. She has worked as a journalist, a bookseller, a librarian, and a hospital worker, and lives in Portland, Maine.
MEGHAN GILLISS attended the Bennington Writing Seminars and is a fellow of the Hewnoaks Artist Residency. MOCKINGBIRD BOOKSHOP LLC DBA MOCKINGBIRD BOOKSHOP
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